Kaapa Tjampitjinpa b. c.1925

Also known as Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa, Kaapa Djanbidjimba, Mbitjana Kaapa Tjampitjinpa
  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Painter)
Anmatyerre/Arrente artist who was the principal painter of the Papunya school mural and a key player in the establishment of Papunya Tula Artists, being the first Chairman. He brought recognition to the group when he won the Caltex Alice Springs Art Award in 1971. His work is represented in major public and private collections.
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Citations

  • Johnson, V. (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7url:, .

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Bardon, Geoff (1979), 'Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert’, Rigby.

  • Johnson, V (2008), 'Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists’, IAD Press, Alice Springs, NT ISBN 978 1 86465 090 7.

    http://www.iadpress.com

  • Bardon, Geoffrey and Bardon, James (2004), 'Papunya: A Place Made After the Story; The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement’, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, VIC ISBN-10 : 0-522-85110-X / ISBN-13: 978-0522851106.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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